Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-04-30
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Alice HeinIy

| Sne Turns Out to he Lancaster Girl Named
Alice HeinIy.
Six days ago q woman who gave her nsme 9 as
| Annie Esston was found in semi conscious
condition on the streets OF Philadelphia. She
said that she had drunk some black LIQUID
which her husband had forced her to take
The girl told numerous tales which have
been found to be lies. The discovery was
made by Justice John Evans, OF Camden, n.
j., who had read an account of the
girl in the Philadelphia papers. He
went to the Second district station house, in
Philadelphia, yesterday and told the lieuten-
ant that on the morning of April 20 he had
married two persons who gave their names
as John Whittle English, q saloon keeper
aged 81, and Alice Heinly, aged IS, a house
maid OF Lancaster, Pa Mr.. Evans was shown
the girl and he at once positively identified
her as Alice Heinly. When confronted by
Evans the girl seemed greatly sgtatsd. The
officer tried to get her to tell uuthtul story,
but she refused.
She was taken to the rooms Of the society
for the Prevention of Cruelty TO Children,
where she said she had an uncle who was a
cigarmsker at Fourth and Morris streets
The man proved to be Michael Schsetz, and
visited the girl. She at once said tha, ne was
her uncle, and asked him II he still had her
marriage certificate The girl then broke
down and told her story " hich was ~ fol.
lows:
"My right name is Alice HeinIy. am
the daughter OF John and Mary Heinly, and
Tor the last fourteen months 1 have lived in
this city. Before that l lived with my
grandparents in Lancaster. My father | do
not know anything about and my mother
lives, think, in Muse stine, Iowa. went
10 my aunt, Kate Shet IT, who now lives at
iV' Morris street, when / first came to this
chy. she got me work at service with
number OF families. The last place where
worked wason Twelfth street, in Rising sun
village, with family named Warner
II USED 10 go out at nights q great deal,
ana one hlght, don't remember just when,
went downto Harry Roop's, on Race street,
aud met young fellow who took me TO
Elizabeth Mettler's, next door. / boarded
with her for little while, and 1t Vas in her
house first met John Whittle, whom mar.
ried IN Camden on the 20.h OF April last
John Kept saloon At 5l5 Bainbridge street
then, but he has sold out and / don't know
where he Is or what he Is doing pow"
" Last Monday night went down to nv
Aunt kate's and gave her my marriage Ger.
titicate and told her to let no one ses it /
then went to DR.. Newsham's drug store at
Filth and Morris and bought ten cents
worth oil laudanum and took ii on the street.
The letter which was found in the breast of
the dtugging and the letter is q lie. / don't
know why did it"
Every point in the girls last story was cor.
roooraled, and 1t proved to be true. Her
uncle says that she seems to have u mania
LOT poisoning herself. In June last she took
oose OF laudanum, and WAS found ON the
street She was then believed to be dead
out recovered and told her right name, Since
theh she has been errstic. The girl ia now
oe'aihed py the society for the prevention nj
cruelty 10 children, and will likely he sent to
the Home OF the Good Shepherd, Her hps
band cannot be found. The pirl no, No,
peen seen by her aunt from Easter SUNDAY
until Monday last when she came with hc,
marriage certificate.
Alice Henley is well known in this citv
She Is between Is and 10 years of age. and
was well raised by her grandparents, who
are respectable people Of the Seventh ward
She was inclined to be very wild, however.
aud preferred bad company to remaining at
home. In December, 1885, she and com.
panion named Mame Kennard, were arrested
near the Penn Iron works for disorderly con.
duct They had been In the habit OF spend.
ing much of their time In the company OF bad
boys and their conduct was anything but
good. On January lst 1886, the girls had
hearing. Alioe paid her costs and was dis.
charged. The Kennsrd girl wss sent 70 jail
for Is dsya Soon afterwards Alice left Ian.
caster and little has been known Of her he
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